Summary:
Phillips School District is a small Wisconsin district serving about 650 students across three schools: Phillips Elementary (PK–5, 302 students), Phillips Middle (6–8, 144 students), and Phillips High (9–12, 204 students). The district overall is rated 1 star and ranks 338 of 432 Wisconsin districts, putting it in the 22nd percentile. That bottom-quartile rating, however, hides three schools heading in very different directions.
Phillips Middle is the clearest bright spot, climbing from 30th percentile with 1 star in 2023–2024 to 45th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026. Its 7th- and 8th-grade math and 6th-grade ELA are above state in both recent years, and its chronic absenteeism of 13.3% beats the state's 17.3%. Phillips Elementary has real strengths — the district's lowest absenteeism at 8.9%, 4th-grade social studies at 78.05% vs state 65.51%, and 5th-grade ELA at 62.16% vs state 53.63% — but its rank slipped from the 50th to the 34th percentile, and math and science trail the state. Phillips High is the most volatile: 4 stars and 74th percentile in 2024–2025 with all four tested subjects above state, then 2 stars and 33rd percentile in 2025–2026 with all four below state. Its graduation rate remains excellent at 98.1% with a 0.0% dropout rate, yet chronic absenteeism is 42.3% — more than double the state rate.
Science is a district-wide weakness, falling below state at every level. Math is uneven — a strength in middle school, lagging in elementary, and sharply down at the high school, from 57.14% to 34.09%. Spending and staffing don't track neatly with results: elementary spends the most ($17,486) while high school spends the least ($15,803). Free/reduced lunch eligibility is very low everywhere, ranging from 0.99% to 2.08%.
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